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So what?

Since it was first launched by students as a moral call to climate action in 2011, the largely millenial led fossil fuel divestment movement has grown tremendously in impact and scope. Divestment commitments have come from a wide range of institutions ranging from medical associations, to religious institutions, to museums, who are dropping fossil fuel company sponsorships.

Are we witnessing the beginning of a massive pushback against fossil fuels? Does the divestment movement suggest that fossil fuel companies are beginning to lose their societal licence to operate? Is the next step of the fossil fuel divestment movement to encourage investment in regenerative businesses?